City of Calgary says more than 5,000 people have applied to collect bricks from

City of Calgary says more than 5,000 people have applied  to collect bricks from Olympic  Plaza
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The City of Calgary says it has received  requests from 5,105 people who want their  carved bricks  saved from Olympic Plaza before the plaza is demolished as part of the upcoming Olympic Plaza  transformation project.
The registration period for people who want  to collect their bricks  began on  December 10 and  ended on  Wednesday.
The city says people who  have submitted applications will receive an email  on Thursday  informing them  that their application has been  received.
On Thursday, demolition crews were already on  the ground at Olympic  Plaza, involved in the process of  salvaging the  bricks. Calgarians make  last-ditch effort to  salvage Olympic  Square bricks
However, the city says it may not be possible to remove all of them intact  due to a number of factors, including their age (40  years), previous damage and the materials used in the construction and installation of the  square's bricks.

People who registered for their bricks will receive a second email,  starting January 3, 2025,  informing them  whether their brick was successfully  collected and if the city was able to recover it intact, they will  receive information on  how to retrieve their brick on  January. 3 or  4.
Work has already begun to  salvage thousands of bricks from  Calgary's Olympic  Square, after the city said more than 5,000 people  claimed their bricks before the  square was demolished. Work has already begun to  salvage thousands of specially  carved bricks from  Calgary's Olympic  plaza, after the city said more than 5,000 people  tried to  climb them before the plaza  was demolished.

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